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I am Shun Minami and 3rd year PhD student (for 5 years course) in The Graduate Institute for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Integrative Evolutionary Science(RCIES).

My research interests are coevolution of pathogens and hosts, diversity driven by pathogen and eco-evolutionary dynamics in infectious diseases.

For specific examples, I am interested in coevolutionary dynamics in host, pathogen (fungus, virus, bacteria etc.) and vector (insect).

I explore the evolutionary consequences of host-pathogen interaction by using mathematical method, such as population dynamics, evolutionary game theory, adaptive dynamics theory and population genetics.

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2024-　　　

The Graduate Institute for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI)

Integrative Evolutionary Science(RCIES)

Advisors： Hisashi Ohtsuki、Akira Sasaki

2020-2024

Hokkaido University, Agriculture

2017-2020

Sapporo Minami high school

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・mail：minami_shun[at]soken.ac.jp

・I'm in Research Center for Integrative Evolutionary Science

Research

Interests

・Evolutionary origin and dynamics of immune system

・Evolutionary epidemiology

・Host-Pathogen-Vector coevolution

・Predicting infectious disease epidemics and pathogen evolution using mathematical models and empirical data

・Community ecology and infectious disease

Theme

Epidemiological dynamics of fungi and viruses & Mechanisms of maintaining host diversity by viruses

・Minami et al. (2026). The American Naturalist. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/743655.

This theoretical study shows that parasite transmission based on self/non-self recognition system can drive the unlimited diversification of genotypes responsible for the recognition. This mechanism can explain the extraordinary diversity of self/non-self recognition genes found in fungi and marine colonial organisms in nature.

Evolutionary dynamics of symbiotic relationships between plant pathogens and vectors
General theory of pathogen-mediated host diversification

・Coming soon ...

Community structure and infectious disease

・Coming soon ...

Publication list

Shun Minami et al., in prep
Shun Minami, Akira Sasaki, Hisashi Ohtsuki, 2026. Endless diversification of fungal vegetative compatibility group driven by a strain of virus. accepted. The American Naturalist.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/743655.

Minami, Shun (2026). Mathematica code for "Endless diversification of fungal vegetative compatibility group driven by a strain of virus".. figshare. Figure. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.32395641.v1

Presentation

Oral presentation
7-11/7/2025 Shun Minami, Akira Sasaki, Hisashi Ohtsuki「Fungi's polymorphism is driven by virus there are inter-strain competition in fungi」, ACMB-JSMB 2025, English oral presentation. (Kyoto)
・15-18/3/2025 Shun Minami, Akira Sasaki, Hisashi Ohtsuki, "Vegetative-Compatibility type diversity as a fungal “social distancing" strategy against viral infection" The 72nd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan (Sapporo), English oral presentation. (Sapporo)
Poster presentation
24-25/6/2025 Shun Minami, Akira Sasaki, Hisashi Ohtsuki「Polymorphism of Genetic Allorecognition in Fungi Driven by Viral Infection」iTHEMS - Theory Center KEK Joint workshop 2025: Scientific Writing and Diversity-Equity-Inclusion (RIKEN)
16-17/1/2025 Shun Minami, Akira Sasaki, Hisashi Ohtuki " Diversity of fungal vegetative compatibility type is promoted by viral infection " Life Science Retreat 2024 (Yamanashi)
1/12/2024 Shun Minami, Akira Sasaki, Hisashi Otsuki " Evolution of the facultative symbiotic relationship between plant pathogenic fungi and bark beetles " 56th Symposium on Species Biology (Okayama)
7/11/2024 Shun Minami , Akira Sasaki, Hisashi Otsuki " Mechanisms for maintaining fungal diversity through viruses " Virology "Wakate" meeting 2024 (Nagoya University)
11-13/9/2024 Shun Minami, Akira Sasaki, Hisashi Otsuki "New Red Queen Dynamics in Fungus-Virus interaction" 2024 Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Mathematical Biology (Hokkaido University); Poster Award
8-10/9/2024 Shun Minami, Akira Sasaki, Hisashi Otsuki "Fungal-viral epidemiological model" 4th Theoretical Biology Summer School (Hokkaido University)
23-24/2/2024 Shun Minami, " Plant immune system and pathogens " First Theoretical Evolutionary Ecology Forum (SOKENDAI)

Award

・11-13/9/2024 Shun Minami, Akira Sasaki, Hisashi Otsuki "New Red Queen Dynamics in Fungus-Virus interaction" 2024 Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Mathematical Biology (Hokkaido University); Poster Award

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